{"found":true,"collection":"patterns","library_url":"https://www.grokbotdb.com/library/pat.check-the-vendor-url","generated":"2026-09-06T05:32:11Z","citation":["Quote the record id and its source_url (or provenance if there is no URL).","Include last_verified or observed_at when present. Do not present an old date as current.","If tier is community and confidence is low, say so. Do not launder it into a fact.","If the database does not hold the answer, say that. Do not invent Grok Bot product claims.","Contradictions are data: when conflicts_with is present, report both records rather than picking a favourite.","Deprecated and removed records stay visible. They are history, not current guidance."],"record":{"id":"pat.check-the-vendor-url","name":"Ask where the vendor URL is","category":"evidence","problem":"The fastest way for a wrong fact to enter a knowledge base is to arrive wearing the vendor's name. Tier is assigned from who is credited rather than from who published, and the record then outranks better evidence.","technique":"For any claim attributed to the vendor, find the vendor URL before recording anything. If the post links only to the author's own writing, an unidentified video, or nothing, record the content at the account's own tier and file the attribution as a separate unverified claim. Repetition is not corroboration: several posts pointing at one unattributed source are one source.","why_it_works":"It separates two questions that get answered together and should not be: is the advice good, and did the vendor say it. Advice can be worth keeping while its pedigree is false.","when_to_use":"Every time a source names an organisation it does not belong to.","when_not_to":"Never skip it. The check costs one search of the vendor's own site, which this pipeline crawls daily anyway.","manual_ref":"C","evidence":"documented","source_url":"https://x.com/0xCodila/status/2095222818606608492","related":["pat.post-to-bot-is-untrusted-input"],"confidence":"high","first_seen":"2026-09-03","last_verified":"2026-09-05"}}